The Ration Ticket

Excerpt from the diary of Jules Flegmon.

1 July . --
When I speak with people about June 35th they don't know what I'm talking about. There's no trace of those five days in their memory. Fortunately, I met a few people who lived them fraudulently and I was able to talk about that time with them. It turned out to be a rather curious conversation. For me, yesterday was June 35th. For others, yesterday was the 32nd or the 43rd. At the restaurant, I saw a man who had lived until the 66th of June, which represents quite a supply of tickets.